Use After Free Affecting chromium package, versions [,139.0.7258.45)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-11502193
  • published7 Aug 2025
  • disclosed7 Aug 2025
  • creditasnine

Introduced: 7 Aug 2025

NewCVE-2025-8576  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 139.0.7258.45 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free via improper disposal of ExtensionThrottleManager. An attacker can achieve heap corruption and potentially execute arbitrary code by convincing a user to install or interact with a specially crafted Chrome Extension.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1